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Date:12/5/2007

tant for patients who do not tolerate antidepressant medications, for whom they are not safe, or who have not benefited from other alternative treatments. Dr. OReardon adds, As indicated by recent large scale, government-sponsored, studies of existing treatment options for major depression conducted by the National Institute of Health (the STAR-D reports), there is a great need to develop new effective treatments for patients, especially those not benefiting from first line interventions. The results of this study indicate that TMS offers new hope to patients in this regard.

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Contact: Jayne Dawkins ja.dawkins@elsevier.com 212-239-3674 Elsevier Source:Eurekalert

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